Browsing: Russia-Ukraine war

Vice President Kamala Harris quickly rejected claims from Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine could be involved with the terrorist attack that killed over 130 people at a Moscow concert hall on Saturday. The U.S. government and Western allies said ISIS was responsible for the attack, the largest by the group in years and the…

A Russian missile heading for Ukraine traveled through Polish airspace early Sunday, causing NATO F-16 fighter jets to take off quickly and leading the Polish government to ask for explanations. The Armed Forces Operational Command of Poland stated that a cruise missile entered its airspace at around 4:40 a.m. on Sunday near the village of Oserdów, close to the Ukrainian…

Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to connect the assailants who attacked and killed at least 130 people in a Moscow concert hall to Ukraine in comments made after the deadliest assault on the capital city in ten years. Accusations of Ukraine’s participation emerged after the assault, and Putin repeated the allegations in his speech, stating the…

More than 130 people were killed in an attack at a concert hall near Moscow on Friday, according to officials. Russian authorities have detained 11 people in connection with the incident, including four who were directly involved in the deadliest act of terrorism in Moscow for over a decade. A branch of the Islamic State…

'Terrorists and killers can only expect one thing, they can expect punishment.'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday clinched another term in an election that lacked any serious challengers.  Russia’s Central Election Commission said Putin garnered 87 percent of the vote to secure another six years in office with nearly 100 percent of precincts reporting. The chief of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said nearly 76 million…

Putin will rule until at least 2030.

Putin’s complete elimination of significant domestic opposition has led to the presidential run-off being widely criticized as nothing more than a political show.

Thousands of Russians went to the polls on Sunday in protest, organizing an effort to cast ballots at the same time against President Vladimir Putin. Days before he died last month, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny endorsed the noontime protest, coming on the final day of the country’s three-day election. Opposition to Putin has skyrocketed…

‘We need to plan and train and supply and plan and train and supply and make that visible to the Russians.'